Spool-carrying device.



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SPOOL-CARRYING DEVICE.

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Application filed September 11, 1917. Serial No. 190,754.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONSTANTINE GALons,

' a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and. State of New Jersey, have invented. a new and Improved Spool-Carrying Device, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to spool carrying devices, and has for an object the provision of an improved arrangement of spindle ratchet and associate parts which results in the production of a long wearing device and a comparatively light device.

Another object in view is to provide a bobbin or spool support for braiding machines, which will utilize a spring for maintaining the tension of the braiding material instead of the weight now in common use.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement of connecting means for the spool or bobbin where by they maybe used on the same. spindle without change. I

A. still further object of the invention is to provide a spool or bobbin carrying device which will operate properly and which by its construction prevents the waste from getting in the bearing of the rotating parts.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a device embody-- ing the invention. 7

Fig. 2 is an edge view shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section through Fig. 1 on line 33.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the spring catch and associate parts looking at the same from the opposite direction to that shown in Fig. 2, certain parts of the'carrier being shown in section.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through Fig. 4; on line 55.

Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary sectional View through Fig. 5 on line 66.

' Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view through Fig, 1 on line 77.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal vertical section through a slightly modified form of spindle same being adapted to receive a spool.

Fig. 9 is a section through Fig. 8 on line 99.

Referring to the accompanying drawings of the structure by numerals 1 indicates a bobbin or cop which is wound on a tubular member 2, preferably of pasteboard, which is adapted to be forced over the wood spindle 3, which spindle is square at the lower end as shown in Fig. 3, so as to fit between the up-standing lugs t and 5 formed integral with the cam wheel 6, whereby all these parts may operate as an integral unit. A. cam wheel 6 is provided with inclined spokes 7 adapted to coact with the catch 8, hereinafter fully described, so as to limit the rotary movement of the winding until the proper time. In a device of this kind small parts of the yarn get loose and'drop down from time to time forming a waste, which has heretofore caused trouble by reason of the fact that it would catch in the wheel 6 and especially in the bearing therefor. By providing an opening between the spokes 7 of wheel 6 the waste may readily fall therethrough and to a point out of the way. A socket 9 is provided in the lower part of the cam wheel 6 for accommodating a collar or enlargement 10 on the supporting standard 11 forming part of the carrier 12. By constructing the parts in this manner the waste cannot fall by gravity between the contact surface of the collar 10 and the wheel 6.

The catch 8 is provided with a hooked section fitting in between the spokes 7 as shown in Fig. 1 and extends downwardly to near the top of the base of the carrier 12, the same being bifurcated at 13 so as to straddle the web 14: and thereby prevent any rotary movement of the catch and the wheel 6, when the parts are unlocked as shown in Fig. l. The catch is intended to move upwardly until clear of the wheel 6 as heretofore described and then down to the position shown in Fig. 1, same being guided continually by the web 14. In order to cause this up and down movement the lower end of the wire 15 is passed around the central body or section 16 and bent over at 17 whereby the wire 15 and the hook 8 are connected together so as to move up and down simultaneously and together. The upper end of the wire 15 is provided with a horizontal section 18 merging into a verticalvextension 19 projecting through the washer 20 by which it is guided as shown provided with a pair of depending ears .21

'Wire or rod 15. Washer 23 is provided with a sufliciently large opening to easily acconr modate post 23 and also to accommodate the yarn or thread 25 as it passes through the notch 26 vandfrom thence through the Washer down to the hook 27 and back through the opening in Washer 20 through the outlet opening 28. The machine using the yarn or thread pulls on the same and as it passes through the opening 28 it is brought under tension by reason of the fact that cop l is held against movement. This necessitates either the breaking of the thread or the upward movement or the hook 27 and the sleeve 29 therewith, hook 27 havingbeenpressed out of the sleeve 29 as I shown'in Fig. 2. This upward movement is against the action ofthe spring 24:, which spring rests on the lug 30 pressed out from the sleeve and also on the arms 31 and 32. When the upper edge 33 of the sleeve 29 strikes the. horizontal section 18 of the rod or wire 15v said rod or wire will be raised and also the catch 8. As soon as the catch 8 has been disengaged from the wheel 6 the tension on the thread will be such as to quickly rotatethe'cop 1 and associate parts including wheel 6 for a short distance, as

leased. In this way a continuous tension is caused by the spring 24: on the thread and wheel and intermittent quantities are fed from the cop as fast as desired.

In Figs. 8 and 9 will be seen a slightly modified form of the invention, 'inwhich aspool 34 is provided for the spindle 35 which spindleis formed with wings'36 at the lower end fitting into slots 37 andr38 formedin the projection 39 of the spool 34:.

'A spring catch 40 is arranged at the upper end of the spindle 35 and snaps overthe upper endof the spool so asto hold the same in place. The wings 36 and spindle 35 a merge into wheel 6 and operate as. in the preferred structure so will need no additional description.

' What'I claim is:

1. A spool carrying device of the character describedcomprising a base, a spool sup porting member mounted on the base formingacollar, a cain wheel formed with a center havlng arecess 1n the bottom fitting over the collar whereby waste cannot interfere with the proper bearingaction inthe recess inthe collar, means on the cam wheel for engaging a bobbin or spool for holding the same in position thereon, a catch for normally preventing the rotation of the cam wheel, and means operated by the thread from the bobbin or spool for intermittently releasing the catch so as to allow the cam wheel to move.

2. In a device of the character described, comprising a base, a spindle arranged on said base provided with a collar near the bottom, a cam wheel surrounding said spindle and provided with a recess in the bottom in which said collar is positioned, and means for holding in position a bobbin on the spindle, catch for engaging said cam wheel for preventing rotation thereof, a sliding sleeve operated by a thread from said bobbin for disengaging said catch for allowing the cam wheel and the bobbin to rotate, and spring acting on said sleeve for maintaining said thread under a tension for causing said catch to move back into engagement with said wheel after a quantity of thread has been unwound.

3. In a device of the character described comprising-a base, means for rotatably supporting a bobbin on said base, an up-standi'ng post arranged parallel to said bobbin, a catch positioned near said post normally engaging the means supporting said bobbin whereby said means is normally prevented rotating, an operating rod connected with said catch and extending to a point along said post, a stop connected with said post near the upper end of said rod, a sleeve slidingly mounted on said post and operated by the thread on said bobbin, said thread being adapted to move said sleeve upwardly until it strikes the upper part of said rod so as to operate the catch and release the bobbin, and a spring for engaging said sleeve and said stop for resisting the upward movement of the sleeve for returning the sleeve after each time the catch has been released. 4. In a devlce of the character described comprising a base provided with an upstanding spindle and an up-standing post, a

bobbin carrying member rotatably mounted on said spindle, said bobbin carrying member comprising a cam wheel and a pair of lip-standing lugs for engaging the bobbin member and holding the same on the spindle, a catch for normally preventing said cam wheel from rotating and consequently preventing the bobbin from rotating and means operated by the thread from the bobbin as it is pulled therefrom for intermittently disengaging said catch.

5. In a device of the character described comprising a base provided with a spindle for accommodating a spool or bobbin, an upstanding post, a cam wheel arranged on said spindle, controlling the rotation of the spool or bobbin, a catch for normally preventing said cam wheel from rotatin a releasing rod formed with an oflset porti on connected with said catch, an upstanding post arranged on said spindle, a sleeve mounted on said post provided with a hook member, a stop connected with said post intermediate its length, said stop having an opening through which the thread from said spool is passed, said thread being passed through said hook so that as the, thread is used said hook and sleeve will be raised until the sleeve engages the oifset portion on said rod for raising said catch, and a spring for engaging said stop of said sleeve for resisting the upward movement of the sleeve and for returning the sleeve to its former position.

6. A device of the character described comprising a base, a. bobbin carrying spindle arranged on said base, a cam Wheel connected with said spindle, a catchfor engaging said cam wheel for preventing rotation thereof, a sliding sleeve'operated by a thread from said bobbin for disengaging said catch for allowing the cam wheel and the bobbin to rotate, and a spring acting on said sleeve for maintaining said thread under tension for causing said catch to move back into engagement with said wheel after a quantity of thread has been unwound.

GONSTANTINE CALDES.

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